The TAP project was selected by the consortium of Azerbaijani Shah Deniz field development as the transportation route to the European markets.

The pipeline will connect with the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) near the Turkish-Greek border at Kipoi, cross Greece and Albania and the Adriatic Sea, before coming ashore in southern Italy. The first gas sales to Georgia and Turkey are targeted for late 2018, first deliveries to Europe will follow approximately a year later.